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NB:This piece was written 2months ago Some hours ago at about 10:25pm, 7th March, 2015 around Ijegun in Ikotun, Lagos, while driving along the Ijegun road, right in front of me, lets say 20m away, I saw a man being knocked down by a tricycle. Immediately after the accident I manoeuvred my way in order not to be caught in the rowdy scene I perceived would ensued but when I looked at my rear mirror I noticed that many people around the place avoided moving close to the victim of the accident. To my greatest surprise the driver of the tricycle parked and rushed down while screaming and praying at the same time that God should save him from an act of murder. With sympathy and pity, I reversed my car close to the scene of the accident, park very well and alighted to see what help I could offer considering the fact that everyone was being careful to avoid unforeseen trouble. I moved closed to the victim right at the centre of the road, checked his pulse by his neck t...

I am never surprised that we are in the present economic verbose as a Nation. Not too big a word to qualify the present economic quagmire we are witnessing. We ought to have experienced this in 2011 had pgej lost that election because as at then, the treasury was also emptied but because of the electoral sympathy of a shoeless person, he emerged victorious and the ever inevitable shame was covered in preparation for now. As at March 2011, the then minister of works stated succinctly that the Nation was broke to embark on any capital project. The reserves from 52billion dollars then was left with 300million dollars less than a month to election but no one cares to listen. Now in 2015, less than 3weeks to handing over, we have started experiencing the pain we escaped in 2011 due to bad spending. This attitude of bad spending without saving cum broke nation was the reason behind the subsidy removal in January 1st 2012 in order for the govt of the day to recoop wasted funds in or...

The lackadaisical attitudes of health personnel in jaja clinic, University of Ibadan by now ought to have been thoroughly checked. Many among us have one or two story to share about Jaja clinic but the present situation in Jaja can be linked directly or indirectly to the National problem generally and the fear among everyone that" ah! may he or she not die on my hand. I cant write statement o!" In 2010, a friend died in jaja with similar experience. He slumpped on the field but died either while on d way to jaja or in jaja, no one can say succinctly. Another astmatic patient too died in 2007 in similar fashion. A close friend of mine was almost becoming a victim in 2009 when we went to jaja for complains and immediately they started their act of where is your jaja card, what is your jaja number. Some drugs are not free, I immediately drove him out of the university to a private clinic off campus for better treatment. And at the end, a life was saved. Without jaja, ...